Sweet tea?

All right people, I need some help! I travel to the south now and then for work. While I'm there I tend to drink sweet tea like nobody's business. The problem is when I'm home I seem to go through sweet tea withdrawals. I can't seem to find a good and easy recipe that mimics the tea from the south. If anyone could help me out with their secret weapon recipe I would be very grateful. Thanks in advance

I make a simple syrup 2 to 1 ratio sugar to water to dissolve the sugar easier. (2 cups sugar 4 cups water for an end result of about a gallon) A little lemon helps too. Picked up about the juice from half a lemon per gallon of tea helps keep it from being overly sweet. But not too lemony.

My mom boils water and adds in about 8 tea bags, let this sit for about an hour with heat off.

Remove tea bags and pout this liquid into a gallon container.

Add sugar and hot tap water to fill.

I think she uses 2.5 cups of sugar per gallon.

What this guy said. The 1 hour rest allows the flavor of the tea to concentrate. You can also leave the concentrate(after adding sugar) at room temp covered for a week and add a little extra water plus ice to cool it and dilute into the perfect glass.This stuff is the rocket fuel I grew up on in Charleston, SC. Boil about 8 cups of water with the tea bags, that is what I do. Otherwise, you can also boil the whole amount with the tea bags and add the sugar to the pot after the steep. Stir to dissolve and refrigerate. I actually use 12 bags of Red Rose Tea for mine.

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Preparation:

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I hooked up the bourbon IV as soon as I got home from work. What a long week.

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Well, Miss B is a nurse and there's usually an IV needle in her work jacket, but I usually just use those for home surgery when one of the cats gets an abscess.

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